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On This Day in Automotive History: October 8
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On This Day in Automotive History
October 8
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International Off-Road Day: Founded by Can-Am in 2021.
Birthdays:
James Frank Duryea (1869), Eddie Rickenbacker (1890), Johnny Seymour (1896), Russ Snowberger (1901), Yves Giraud-Cabantous (1904), Everett Saylor (1909), Spider Webb (1910), Jack McGrath (1919), Frank Dochnal (1920), Hank Trice (1922), Elmer Musclow (1924), Worth McMillion (1926), Ray Wulfenstein (1937), Ferrel Harris (1940), Andre Savary (1943), Wayne Anderson (1946), Del Thompson (1949), Jon Brownson (1953), Fulvio Ballabio (1954), Huub Rothengatter (1954),
Bill Elliott (1955), Alain Ferte (1955), Bill Cotter (1956), Rod Wheeler (1960), Fred Poordad (1964), Bill Conger (1966), Orlam Sonora (1967), Emily Procter (1968), Tom Sheehan (1968), Cornelius Flynn (1970), Jamie Fisher (1973), Zach Jewett (1976), Patrick Pilet (1981), Milos Pavlovic (1982), Travis Pastrana (1983), Kraig Kinser (1984), Mike Parisy (1984), Patric Niederhauser (1991), David Ostella (1991), Alex Prunty (1992), Collin Cabre (1993),
Bubba Wallace (1993), Will Rodgers (1994), Ronnie Williams (1996), Dawson Fletcher (2003)
1922: “Seven Days for Safety” gets underway (October 8-14). At their end, Chief Thomas MacDonald says accidents “can be reduced to a minimum only by a combination of careful driving and the elimination of dangerous grades and curves, narrow roadways and bridges and the deadly grade crossing . . . . The dangerous conditions at these points must be eliminated and each state highway department should have data available so that the elimination of the most dangerous ones can be undertaken first.”
1924: The Civil Service Commission holds exams nationwide for positions with Bureau of Public Roads as junior engineer ($2,400 a year if assigned to Washington, DC; $1,500-$2,000, if not). Applicants must have graduated with a degree in engineering from a college of recognized standing or must be within 3 months of graduation. Competitors will be rated on general physics, pure and applied mathematics, practical questions on highway engineering, as well as education, training, and experience.
1974: Administrator Norbert Tiemann announces that FHWA will emphasize a Low Capital Transportation Improvements Program to focus on projects that will provide maximum use of existing facilities.
1989: In a ceremony at AASHTO's Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, Administrator Thomas Larson presents FHWA's first "Innovative Financing" awards to eight organizations for their outstanding work in finding innovative ways to finance highway construction and services.
2002:
Colin McRae Rally 2.0 was released for Game Boy Advance in North America.
2002:
Smuggler's Run was released on the Game Boy Advance in the PAL region.
2002: Leo Kottke and Mike Gordon released their album Clone, which included the song “Car Carrier Blues.”
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